''Cesária'' is the fifth album by

Cesária Évora Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album '' Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing withou ...

. The album, consisting of

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an morna and

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songs, was released by Paris-based

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on 18 July 1995. The album was nominated for a

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in the World Music category in 1996. It was certified gold in France by SNEP which sold more than 100,000 copies. As of 1997, in United States the album has sold 150,000 copies.

Track listing

Selected translations: "Tudo dia e dia" is "Everyday, Everyday"," Flor na Paul" is "Flower of Paul" and "Doce Guerra" is "Sweet War".

Charts

Certifications and sales

Credits

Group members

- singer * Paulino Vieira - bass guitar,

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, piano, harmonica, percussions, chorus * Osvaldo Dias - cord guitar, chorus * Armando Tito - guitar, chorus * Toy Vieira -

, chorus * Raúl Barboza - accordion * Ramiro Mendes, Teofilo Chantre - chorus

Technical team and production

*Producer: José da Silva *Producer, arrangements: Paulino Vieira *Engineers: Christian Echaïb, Didier Le Marchand, Gérard Kouchtchouian *Mixers: Christian Echaïb, Paulino Vieira *Artwork: Le Village, Christian Libessart *Photographer: Ernest Collins, Pierre René-Worms

Earlier album

Also there was an earlier album released by herself titled ''Cesária'' which was and LP album released on Discos Mindelo in 1987. Tito Paris was the guitarist, keyboardist and vocals and Luís Morais with the clarinet.

Cover version

*The first track ''Petit Pays'' which was re-recorded by Nantes-based Hocus Group on their album '' Place 54'' (2007) and titled "Quitte à t'aimer où" which was made by flutist Malik Mezzadri

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesaria 1995 albums Cesária Évora albums